![]() On December 17th, 2008, the internet scams blog Fraudo published an article titled "Congratulations You Won," which lamented a type of intrusive pop-up ad that would send viewers to the Freelotto scam website (shown below). The first pop-up ads were created using a web interface developed by internet activist Ethan Zuckerman while he was employed at the web-hosting company, Tripod, in the mid 1990s. ![]() The exact origin of the ads are currently unknown. "Congratulations! You Won!" is an audio clip of a soundbite repeated by a male voice actor that has gained much online notoriety as the opening cue of autoplay pop-up advertisements of intrusive and malicious nature, which typically attempt to entice the Internet user to malware programs and scam websites by offering false promises of various prizes. ![]() Ads, spam, adware, spyware, scam, ad, prize, reward, visitor, ethan zuckerman, fraudo, dwightpudding, ostolero, caius abadon, \, veedees About
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